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  • Water-filled terraces, early morning
  • Rice terraces reflecting the sky early morning
  • Sunrise, rice paddies<br /> <br /> This close-up shows something of the construction of the rice paddies, which have all been sculpted by hand out of the hillside so the water flows downhill from one to another.
  • Rice terraces at sunrise<br /> <br /> Another detail of the rice terraces cascading down the hillside.
  • Woman walking across flooded rice paddies at sunrise<br /> <br /> The Honghe Hani rice terraces are a recently designated UNESCO World Heritage site in the south of Yunnan province, China (just north of the border with Vietnam). They cascade down the Ailao mountains to the banks of the Hong River and have been in constant cultivation for the last 1300 years. They are truly marvellous to see and photograph.
  • Sunrise over the rice terraces (best larger)<br /> <br /> Panoramic view of some of the 1300 year old flooded rice terraces in Yuanyang County, China. The best time of year to photograph them and get the sunrise or sunset reflected in the water is the winter (although it meant living and sleeping in my outdoor clothes since the temperature indoors was the same as outdoors)<br /> <br /> Other photos from the area can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/dfjnzG">http://goo.gl/dfjnzG</a><br /> <br /> 30/01/15 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Rice fields in winter<br /> <br /> Bada rice fields, Honghe Hani rice terraces, Yunnan Province, China. These 1,300 year old rice terraces are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are flooded in the winter and this is one of the best times to photograph them. When I went to the Bada site, I saw this small stone building and the possibiity for an interesting photograph and spent some time manoevering myself into position to get this shot. Best at the largest sizes where you can observe the interesting wind ripples on the water in some of the fields.<br /> <br /> This photograph placed highly in a recent Photocrowd competition and received a nice editor review.<br /> <br /> I am only posting one photo today as I'm putting in long hours organizing a large conference that starts this weekend....so my ability to comment and post may be pretty limited. The irony is that I'm so busy with the organization of the event that I actually hired a photographer to take the photos of the meeting instead of doing it myself.<br /> <br /> 03/06/15 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
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  • Man tending the rice terraces
  • Amazing landscape (best larger)
  • Water-filled rice terraces
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  • nelli

    on January 25, 2016

    THIS IS SO GOOD. WOULD THEY HARVEST THESE PADDIES BY HAND?

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